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Death Sentence: 'Alarming' number of inmates dying in local US jails

i'd actually like that. send me the link, and i'll submit my CV.

also, i'm apparently an evil librull trying to prevent prison rapes. COMMUNISM

I doubt that anyone really cares whether you are liberal or not.

How are you trying to prevent prison rapes, btw? Splashing cold water on the perpetrators? Chastity belts?
 
I doubt that anyone really cares whether you are liberal or not.

How are you trying to prevent prison rapes, btw? Splashing cold water on the perpetrators? Chastity belts?

By firing people when rapes happen, and by thinning out the herd in prison by changing drug policy.

I would bet that management would take this a whole lot more seriously if their livelihoods were at stake. I mean, seriously, it might be as simple as putting cameras everywhere in the prison. Right now, we just accept violence and rape as part of the prison culture. This has to change.
 
Our culture is too despondent to do anything about this or other glaring social problems.

We could put that on the list along with the 784,000 abortions we had in 2009.
 
i'd actually like that. send me the link, and i'll submit my CV.

also, i'm apparently an evil librull trying to prevent prison rapes. COMMUNISM
I actually pretty easy to stay out of prison. And if you want to work there, head to the academy and see if you qualify. Good luck. And if you do, get ready to make not a whole lot of money.
 
You brought it on yourself with the invocation of the mythical U.S Ministry of Justice, which sounds like something a socialist would think was a real agency.

Worse than socialist....Orwellian.
 
By firing people when rapes happen, and by thinning out the herd in prison by changing drug policy.

And have you found much success with your policies?

I would bet that management would take this a whole lot more seriously if their livelihoods were at stake. I mean, seriously, it might be as simple as putting cameras everywhere in the prison. Right now, we just accept violence and rape as part of the prison culture. This has to change.

Thee are probably many violent people in prison so it seems safe to assume violence will follow. Some people go there as a result of a lack of parental guidance or they are just not wired correctly. Whichever the case, I'm glad that they are there and I am here.
 
And have you found much success with your policies?

no, because a lot of shortsighted people still think, "welp, they're in jail, they deserve what they get."

Thee are probably many violent people in prison so it seems safe to assume violence will follow. Some people go there as a result of a lack of parental guidance or they are just not wired correctly. Whichever the case, I'm glad that they are there and I am here.

and i'm glad no one has falsely accused you of something.
 
no, because a lot of shortsighted people still think, "welp, they're in jail, they deserve what they get." and i'm glad no one has falsely accused you of something.

Oh they have, but never anything illegal!
 
A far more serious problem is a corrupt and broken down criminal justice system and judiciary.
 
They have the highest body counts. Can't dispute that.
No i cannot but neither do capitalist countries have a good track record as well..
But then again its mostly the social and political system murdering people not an economic system.
 
Left wing fringe groups few have heard of and with little real significance or importance, despite all the publicity nutcases like Noam Chomsky et al receive. Socialism truly does belong in the dust bin of history, and there it should stay.

Hmmm so now its "not significant" because you say so.. Gotcha...
 
If you know any Cuban exiles....just ask them about Che... but make sure you take a step back before they answer because you'll be treated sorely to profanity that will burn superficially your facial hair.

Strange how the Left always acts so touchy feelin' while professing love for their fellow man but so readily resort to killing.

:roll: Yea bring up Che!.... Lame.
Heres the Che thread if you wanna join: http://www.debatepolitics.com/latin-america/72631-real-che-guevara.html
 
Look, "workers of the world unite!" "Worker owned business!" Public good for all! All that socialism needs in whatever flavor you want masterbate too,
I dont masturbate to socialism, i masturbate to porn.

is the suspension of human nature. The USA has tried really hard to suspend human nature, that's why the Constitution defines a three way government of checks and balances. To keep Human Nature from ruining everything.
Socialism is the "suspension of human nature" then why are there so many worker cooperatives?


Do you have any clue as to what I am speaking of here? The same reason our Government is so, is the same reason why your socialist democracy of "peace love workers rule!" bull**** is just that, bull****.

Power, greed, selfishness, drive to achieve, to be the best, the need for "someone" to be in charge. These are all things that cannot at the same time exist in your little socialist reality. That's the USSR turned out how it did, why China is in reality a real mess, why the NK are so horrific and why Cuba is a disaster. It's why an oil rich country in South America has emergency imports of toilet paper.
The USSR was not worker owned economy. The DPRK is essentially a state owned oligarchy... It was a state oligarchy economy....
You just rambled and didnt talk any policy what so-ever.
Here maybe check this out: Chomsky on Socialism - YouTube
Howard Zinn on Democratic Socialism - YouTube
What is Democratic Socialism? Q & A - Democratic Socialists of America
 
No i cannot but neither do capitalist countries have a good track record as well..
But then again its mostly the social and political system murdering people not an economic system.

Socialism far outpaces anything else, as far as mass murder goes.
 
And 99% of the totalitarian regimes were, what?
The vast majority of "socialist regimes" claimed to be socialist, but we can have a debate about whether they were socialist or not for a whole nother thread but for the sake of your argument we will just go with every country that claimed to be socialist, communist, or Marxist are actually just that cuz they claim to be. So i would say yes they were all totalitarian. But then again the vast majority of capitalist countries historically were totalitarian as well...
 
Is this just more proof that police in this country are trying to cover something up? This is horrible and incredibly disgusting.

State prisons -- the combined lot of them -- had a murder rate in 2011 comparable to Anchorage, Alaska.

State prisons -- the combined lot of them -- had an overall mortality rate in 2011 of 122 per 100,000. The United States had an overall mortality rate in 2011 of 740.6 per 100,000.

My statistics come from the CDC and the Department of Justice.

I don't like our prison system, I don't like our justice system, but calling prison a "death sentence" is absurd and harmful to any serious reformist argument.
 
I am sure that the Russian prison's are a lot more humane.

This is a meaningless bull**** argument. The United States I was raised in didn't pride itself on being better than a ****hole of human rights, it prided itself on being #1. It was called American Exceptionalism. We shouldn't be satisfied with being better than Russia, we should hold ourselves to the highest standard and never stop until we reach it.
 
So i would say yes they were all totalitarian. But then again the vast majority of capitalist countries historically were totalitarian as well..

Yes, you would say that but of course you have no support.The opposite of socialism, communism, marxism, etc. is not capitalism.
 
This is a meaningless bull**** argument. The United States I was raised in didn't pride itself on being better than a ****hole of human rights, it prided itself on being #1. It was called American Exceptionalism. We shouldn't be satisfied with being better than Russia, we should hold ourselves to the highest standard and never stop until we reach it.

Agreed. But my links show who the source is and the hypocrisy (i.e., the face) it uses to criticize the USA?
 
Yes, you would say that but of course you have no support.
Sure
All of Latin America during the cold war, a good amount of Europe during the 17th, 18th century and early 19th century, parts of Asia during the Cold War.

The opposite of socialism, communism, marxism, etc. is not capitalism.
Its not? :shock:
 
Sure
All of Latin America during the cold war, a good amount of Europe during the 17th, 18th century and early 19th century, parts of Asia during the Cold War.

Were what?
Its not? :shock:
Now you're getting it! It seems that you're confusing capitalism with any number of other isms.
 
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